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Making a Living in Manga: 9 Reasons Why The U.S. Manga-Making Biz is Broken

In Bakuman, the manga about making manga created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, two teenage boys pursue their dreams to become professional manga creators. Over the course of 20 volumes, the teens become young men who toil over their drawing boards to reach their goal: to get a popular series featured in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine….Read Full Post

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Making a Living in Manga Part 2: Is OEL ‘Real’ or ‘Fake’ Manga?

Daemonium Volume 1In Making a Living in Manga Part 1, I spelled out nine reasons why the manga-making economy in North America is broken. One aspect of the currently dysfunctional system is that there are lots of up-and-coming Western creators who want to draw comics inspired by manga, but they’re finding it difficult to get their original works picked up by publishers and getting their stories read and accepted by manga readers….Read Full Post

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Manga Creator Moto Hagio Awarded Japan Medal of Honor

Moto HagioFrom The Mainichi: Every year since 1881, the Japanese government recognizes citizens who have made significant contributions in the fields of art/culture, science, public service, and academia with the Medal of Honor….Read Full Post

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NY Times Manga Bestsellers: Tenjo Tenge Lays Claim to #1 Spot

Tenjo Tenge Omnibus Vol. 6Ruling the roost over this week’s New York Times Graphic Books Manga Bestseller List is the sixth volume of VIZ Media’s uncensored, three-in-one version of Tenjo Tenge by Oh! Great. In fact, action-packed fare dominated this week’s top 10, with nine shonen/seinen titles and one (Skip Beat) representin’ for shojo manga in the #10 slot….Read Full Post

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Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief Andy Nakatani on the Return of Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin in Jump SQ June 2012Now that the final chapter of Bakuman has been featured in the pages of Shonen Jump Alpha, the big question many readers had was, ‘What new Shonen Jump series will take its place in the weekly manga magazine?’…Read Full Post

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Kodansha Comics Adds New Natsume Ono Manga Plus 3 New Titles

DanzaKodansha Comics, the North America-based branch of Japanese publisher Kodansha announced three new titles for Fall 2012, to go along with the sequel to Genshiken that they announced earlier this month. With romance, sci-fi, comedy and slice-of-life drama, these diverse titles have something to please almost everyone….Read Full Post

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Freebies, Interviews Marks Bakuman Manga’s End in Shonen Jump Alpha

Shonen Jump Alpha May 7 2012After almost four years and 20 volumes, Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata came to an end. The May 7, 2012 issue of Shonen Jump Alpha featured the final chapter of the ‘how to make it in manga‘ series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata….Read Full Post

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